85 Episodes

  1. The 2022 Shortlist: Hear from judges Rachel Cooke and Georgina Godwin

    Published: 10/14/2022
  2. The 2022 Longlist: Hear from judges Caroline Sanderson, Laura Spinney and Samanth Subramanian

    Published: 9/23/2022
  3. 2022: Leadership Debate: The Political Biography with Sonia Purnell and John Rentoul

    Published: 8/25/2022
  4. 2022: George Floyd: Two Years On with Tomiwa Owolade and Olivette Otele

    Published: 6/24/2022
  5. 2022: Money Talks with Vicky Pryce and Joan C Williams

    Published: 5/13/2022
  6. 2022: Ukraine: Lessons From History with Antony Beevor and Serhii Plokhii

    Published: 3/25/2022
  7. 2022: Food Writing with Bee Wilson and Tom Tivnan

    Published: 2/25/2022
  8. 2022 Publishing Predictions with Matthew Hennessey and Alexis Kirschbaum

    Published: 1/28/2022
  9. 2022 Publishing Predicitions

    Published: 1/28/2022
  10. Read Smart: The Winner

    Published: 11/19/2021
  11. Episode 14: In Conversation with Harald Jähner

    Published: 11/6/2021
  12. Episode 13: In Conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe

    Published: 11/5/2021
  13. Episode 12: In Conversation with John Preston

    Published: 11/4/2021
  14. Episode 11: In Conversation with Kei Miller

    Published: 11/3/2021
  15. Episode 10: In Conversation with Lea Ypi

    Published: 11/2/2021
  16. Episode 9: In Conversation with Cal Flyn

    Published: 11/1/2021
  17. Read Smart: The 2021 Shortlist

    Published: 10/22/2021
  18. Read Smart: Series 2 Episode 7: The Longlist Episode

    Published: 9/16/2021
  19. Read Smart: Series 2 Episode 6: Publishing in America

    Published: 9/13/2021
  20. Episode 5: Sports Writing

    Published: 8/4/2021

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The Read Smart Podcast is hosted by Razia Iqbal, John L. Weinberg Professor at Princeton University, produced by The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The new series builds on last year’s successful podcasts released to celebrate the prize’s 21st anniversary. Each month, Razia explores the increasingly popular world of non-fiction books. Expect to hear from prize winning authors, judges and publishing insiders. It also goes behind the scenes of the 2020 prize, which is awarded this autumn. For more information, visit thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk and follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BGPrize